Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Wednesday, March 24, 2010 – ISSN 1529-1057

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Register Now for IBTTA’s Organization Management Workshop – April 18-20, 2010 in Austin, TX

The toll industry is evolving at an astonishing rate. Driven by financial realities, political change, and technological innovations the industry is facing a wide range of challenges and opportunities and is being forced to respond to them at lightning speed. Join IBTTA, April 18-20, 2010 in Austin, TX and keep your organization current on the latest industry trends to Enhance Mobility Through Innovation. Featured presenters include: Tom Vanderbilt, Keynote, Best-Selling Author and Journalist; Clarence Jones and Ellen Jaffe Jones, Winning News Media, Inc.; and Hans Bleiker and Annemarie Bleiker, Institute for Participatory Management & Planning. The hotel reservation cut-off for this meeting is Friday, March 26^th. Click here for registration, hotel and travel information and to view the preliminary agenda. www.IBTTA.org 

CAMERAS

1) Yellow-Lights Shorter at Chicago Red-Light Camera Intersections

Link to article on Chicago Breaking News:

http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2010/03/yellow-lights-shorter-at-chicago-red-light-camera-intersections.html

GPS / NAVIGATION

2) GPS Data from New York City Cabs Provides Detailed Picture of Traffic

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/24/nyregion/24traffic.html

RAILROADS

3) Penn Station Baltimore Announcer Replaced by Digital Voice

Link to story and video on WJZ-TV:

http://wjz.com/watercooler/digital.voice.penn.2.1583739.html

4) In Memoriam: Norfolk Southern Logo, ‘Thoroughbred’ Brand Architect H. Pier Clifford

Link to article in Progressive Railroading:

http://www.progressiverailroading.com/prdailynews/news.asp?id=22843

SPACE

5) Mars Rover Gets Smarter with Age …and Software

Link to CNET News article:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-10470421-76.html

VEHICLES

6) EU Shows Off ‘Talking Car’ Technology

Link to article on just-auto:

http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx?id=103786&lk=dm

7) GM’s Car of the Future

Electric-powered vehicle uses GPS and vehicle-to-vehicle communications to determine best route.

Link to article in Forbes:

http://www.forbes.com/2010/03/23/general-motors-future-business-autos-gm-cars.html

8) Mobility 2.0 Live at Cooperative Mobility Showcase 2010

Link to article and video from ERTICO-ITS Europe:

http://www.ertico.com/en/news/press/showcase.htm

News Releases

1) Indiana DOT Deploys Proxim Wireless for Statewide Intelligent Transportation System

2) FCC Reminds Telecommunications Service Providers of Importance of Implementing Advisory Committee 9-1-1 and Enhanced 9-1-1 Services Best Practices

3) Canada’s Skymeter Corporation Scoops the Main Prize in the Coveted Intertraffic Innovation Awards

Solicitation

 -  Invitation to Negotiate – Video Aggregation Subsystem Phase II – Florida Department of Transportation

http://vbs.dms.state.fl.us/vbs/ad.view_ad?advertisement_key_num=86018

Upcoming Events

TRB Webinar: New Managed Lane Provisions in the 2009 Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) – April 1

http://www.trb.org/Calendar/Blurbs/TRB_Webinar_New_Managed_Lane_Provisions_in_the_200_163053.aspx

Today in Transportation History    

1910 **110^th anniversary** - Ground was formally broken for construction of a subway tunnel connecting Manhattan and Brooklyn.

http://www.nycsubway.org/articles/nytimes-1900-tunnelbegun.html

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